New Insights into Finite Element Analysis for Building Structure Assessment
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Civil Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 August 2024) | Viewed by 1144
Special Issue Editors
Interests: earthquake engineering; structural dynamics; finite element modeling; nonlinear analysis; mechanics; machine learning
Interests: performance-based seismic design; seismic isolation; earthquake engineering; innovative structural control systems; limit-state behavior of reinforced concrete structures; strengthening techniques of reinforced concrete structures
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Finite Element Analysis (FEA) is pivotal in ensuring the structural integrity and safety of buildings, enabling engineers to virtually simulate and assess building responses to various static and dynamic loads, environmental conditions like wind, seismic events, temperature changes, and design modifications throughout the building's lifecycle. This Special Issue aims to showcase the transformative role FEA has played in revolutionizing the field of structural engineering by incorporating cutting-edge modeling techniques, advanced material constitutive laws and properties, and efficient computational methodologies harnessing high-performance computing. It emphasizes the need for interdisciplinary collaboration, integrating specialized knowledge from diverse fields such as materials science, data science, optimization, uncertainty quantification, and machine learning, to provide more accurate, efficient, and holistic assessments of building structures. Both research articles and case studies demonstrating practical applications are encouraged for this Special Issue to highlight the real-world impact and value addition of FEA in comprehensively evaluating and improving the safety, sustainability, resilience, constructability, and cost-effectiveness of buildings. Contributions addressing current challenges and charting the path for the future research and development of FEA tools and workflows are sought to realize the full potential of simulation-driven design in tackling the complexity of modern structural engineering problems across various scales.
This Special Issue will publish high-quality, original research papers, in the following overlapping fields:
- Material model;
- Element model;
- Modeling of plasticity;
- Modeling of fracture mechanics;
- Modeling of damage continuum mechanics;
- Modeling of fatigue;
- Numerical simulation of structural elements;
- Numerical simulation of building structures under static loads and dynamic loads;
- Machine learning-aided finite element analysis.
Dr. Shuling Hu
Dr. Dario De Domenico
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- finite element analysis
- building structures
- material
- plasticity
- static loads
- dynamic loads
- machine learning
- structural performance simulation
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